Tuesday, 26 May 2009

ABC Wednesday, S for Support Stockings

A friend of mine, who is a Dutch artist invited me to the opening of one of the expositions she is taking part in. This time the subject was support stockings, which seems a bit unusual, for I use support stockings on long bus trips or flights, and I can say, that they are so ugly, that I don't want to show them. The thing is that all kind of medical devices like wheelchairs, rollators,are ugly but necessary. The same with hearing aids, spectacles and whatever article you can think of to help people live easier and more comfortable. All these aids are are experiencing a time of emancipation. There are hearing aids in all possible shapes and colours, beautiful spectacles, race wheelchairs and turbo rollators. Nobody needs to be ashamed for one's handicap. I didn't go to the exposition but I saw the support stockings on this websight: www.kunststeunkous.nl.

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How ingenious! Some seem a bit unpractical, but most of them one could really wear! You are right they only think only about the functionality of the aid, and look very boring! Especially for kids and teens "decorating" whatever they would have to wear would be a great asset.

Oh, a most interesting subject for an art show, Wil. Your artist friend is very creative. You are right, no one has to be ashamed of their handicap, and decorative aids make things a bit more whimsical and fun. One still enjoys life and has fun, even if handicapped.

How true that is! I am amazed, looking back, how glasses have come along since that first pair of National Health blue plastic ugly frames that I had as a nine-year-old!

It's a very good thing that all these things have come into 'fashion' to help people to feel more comfortable and less different. I like the support stockings you show us - SO much nicer than the ones I wear on a long flight!

This has to be one of the most unusual exhibits I've ever seen! If you have to wear them, why not make them fun?! It's good that people are being more open about medical devices and physical "helpers" like these. Thanks for sharing!

Support stockings...maybe ugly but for a good benefit unless it is invented for more profit. Well, there has to be a profit. The reason why you need SS for long trip is to help you prevent from blood clot in your legs. Gee, I forgot the medical term.

What a great collection of support stockings. I think it's so important for all of us not to take ourselves too seriously. An exhibition such as this one releases us to see and feel the fun side of getting older. ;-)

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

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I was born in Rotterdam in December, 1933, raised in Indonesia on the Isle of Java. During the war I was a prisoner of a Japanese concentration camp for women. After the war my parents, sisters and I returned to the Netherlands. I became a teacher, married, got three children and five grandchildren. One daughter lives in Australia, where I regularly visit her. My husband died in 1999 and has not seen our youngest grandchildren.

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A heaven full of starsBlue seas as far as you can seeA world where flowers growCan you ask for anything more?We shall live togetherEvery sister and every brotherSmall children of the rainbowAnd a blossoming world.